SOUTH PORTLAND – Joanne D. Coyne, 83, of Ridgeland Avenue, died Jan. 16 at Mercy Hospital. She was born in Portland on Feb. 6, 1932, a daughter of Joseph D. and Margaret M. (Ridge) Meehan. She attended Portland High School. She married John C. “Jack” Coyne July 7, 1951, at the Cathedral of the Immaculate […]

BATH — Charles James Spies Jr., 84, died Jan. 5 in Bath. He was born in Morristown, New Jersey, to Charles and Marie Spies on May 25, 1931. He attended Mountain Lakes High School, where he was named an All-State Football co-captain in 1949. Spies earned a degree in economics in 1953 from Lafayette College, […]

FALMOUTH — Delwood Coleman “Del” Damboise, DDS, 83, died Jan. 7, surrounded by his family after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. He was born March 8, 1932, in Caribou, the son of Edward Damboise and Evelyn Soucie. When he was young he attended a one-room schoolhouse near his family’s farm. Damboise graduated from Caribou […]

FALMOUTH — Dianne D. Russo, 76, died surrounded by her family Jan. 15, in Falmouth. She was born in Portland June 10, 1939, the daughter of Donald and Annie Alexander DiBiase. After graduating from Portland High School in 1957, Russo went to work at the former Canal Bank and Trust and catered to local restaurants. […]

PORTLAND — Blaine “Toot” Watson, 75, of Portland, died Jan. 11, at Seaside Nursing Home after a long battle with cancer. He was born in Portland, Nov. 26, 1940, a son of the late Royal F. and Geraldine (Orne) Watson. He grew up in Cape Elizabeth and Portland. He served a tour with the Marine […]

PORTLAND — Shirley Pope, 80, died at The Barron Center on Jan. 3. Pope was born in Lewiston July 27, 1935, the daughter of Linwood and Delcia Brackett. She grew up in Lewiston and attended Edward Little High School. She married Maurice B. Pope Jr. when she was 18. Pope was a homemaker for several […]

TOPSHAM — Mary Elizabeth LaMotte, 78, of The Highlands, died peacefully at her home Jan. 6. She was born in Bethesda, Maryland, on March 9, 1938, the daughter of David J. and Gertrude (Jones) Williams. She graduated from The Punahou School in Hawaii in 1956 and received her associate’s degree from Mt. Vernon Jr. College […]

SCARBOROUGH — Arlene (Clayton) Eager of Scarborough and Smithtown, New York, died at her Scarborough home Jan. 6, following a long illness. Eager was born in Brooklyn, New York, March 5, 1939, to William P. and Irene (Graham) Clayton. Eager was a devoted mother and professional. While raising her three spirited children, she earned a […]

OKLAHOMA CITY — Lucille Thibodeau, 103, former longtime resident of Topsham, died Jan. 5 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Thibodeau was born Dec. 31, 1912, in Brunswick, and was happily married to  Henry Thibodeau from 1948 until his death in 1994. Thibodeau lived in Topsham until she moved to Choctaw, Oklahoma, to live with her daughter. […]

YARMOUTH — Roger Arthur Dunn, a fourth-generation Yarmouth resident, died Jan. 4. The son of Arthur and Margaret Dunn of West Elm Street in Yarmouth, he was born Sept. 20, 1933. Dunn was a graduate of North Yarmouth Academy and, for many years, he owned Dunn Fuel Oil Company. He was a charter member of […]